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153-P3-2

1. A parallelogram and two identical rectangles were combined to form the figure
below. Find the area of the shaded section.
A area: 12 cm2
area: 12 cm2
2 cm
15 cm

Step 1. What is the length of the rectangles that have areas of 12 cm2 ?

Step 2. What is the length of the base of the parallelogram?

Step 3. The height of the parallelogram is A. What is the length of A?

Step 4. Find the area of the parallelogram.